Meanwhile, a swath of the Central and Eastern U.S. was under winter weather advisory, which the NWS issues "for any amount of freezing rain, or when 2 to 4 inches of snow (alone or in combination with sleet and freezing rain), is expected to cause a significant inconvenience, but not serious enough to warrant a warning."

Had they not had the amount of gear that they had with them, it is unlikely that they would have survived until rescuers reached them." The post 2 Mass. women rescued from ‘chest-deep snow’ on Mt. Washington appeared first on Boston.